On reviewing these pages, it scarcely appears, that incidents or principles of importance have been overlooked, without such notice as limits permitted. In treating of the Fine Arts, indeed, the subject of patronage may seem to demand more separate consideration than is bestowed in occasional remarks. Brief, however, as these are, they will be found to contain, on this question, the impartial decisions of history, which uniformly declares the only wise, wholesome, and inspiring patronage to consist in national sympathy and national regard for the objects, purposes, and professors of Art. Here the countenance and protection of government are necessarily included, as affording the most distinguished assurance of the existence of this feeling, and as giving direction to the national efforts. In Britain, the genius of our institutions, and the character of the people require, while they will add power to, the effects of this union. These institutions are more national--the opulence and intelligence of the subject, abler to strengthen the hands and to aid the designs of government, than in any other empire that ever existed. Our Fine Arts have hitherto been the only constituent of our national glory to which the cheering influence of this united sympathy has been denied. THE END. FOOTNOTES: [A] Constable's Miscellany. [B] The best of these confirm the former remarks on this accomplished artist. [C] 'I desire, Mr Lely,' said Cromwell, when sitting to the artist, 'that you will paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me; otherwise I will never pay you a farthing.' [D] In these ruins are two lions sculptured in relievo described by Pausanius, and remaining the most ancient accredited monument of the art in Greece. [E] See Edinburgh Encyclopædia, vol. xviii. part i. p. 21. [F] Since expressing our opinion, in an early part of the volume, on the doubtful antiquity of Indian architecture, we have perceived, with pleasure, that Bishop Heber's observations confirm the inference we had ventured to draw from the analogies of art. Transcribers Notes: Obvious typos were silently corrected. Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved. Expressions such as 'epochas' for 'epochs' on P23, have not been altered. Numbers such as 'twentyninth', have been retained throughout. Inconsistant spelling such as - 'developement' and 'development', has been retained. Gnidian and Gnidos have been replaced with Cnidian and Cnidos, P63 and 64. In the table of contents chapter XII has been corrected from p153 to p154. Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved. Italics are shown thus: _sloping_. Small capitals have been capitalised. [OE] and [oe] have been used as ligatures.